So my years are shorter than yours :) That explains why I don't feel my age.
Regards, Richard Schuh -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Nielsen Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:03 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [Fwd: A billion, anyone?] You divided by 356.25 Brian Nielsen On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:37:26 -0700, Schuh, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot= e: >I probably did something wrong. With my hands, I mistype frequently and = must have done so this time > >Regards, >Richard Schuh > > -----Original Message----- >From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Behalf Of Shimon Lebowitz >Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:08 AM >To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >Subject: Re: [Fwd: A billion, anyone?] > >Richard, >How did you get that number of years? My calculator >(KCalc, on linux) gave me "only": >31.68808781402895023530941198686150528374 years. >(1e9/60, /60, /24, 365.25) > >Did I do something wrong? > >Shimon > > >On 27 Apr 2006 at 8:54, Schuh, Richard wrote: > >> Wow. 32.48862897985707 years with one company. That is really >> something. >> >> Regards, >> Richard Schuh >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Jones >> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:26 AM >> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >> Subject: [Fwd: A billion, anyone?] >> >> FYI..... >> >> A billion seconds...wow.... >> >> DJ >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: A billion, anyone? >> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:57:10 +0100 >> From: Mike Cowlishaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Rexx Language Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> I'm celebrating a billion seconds as an employee of IBM today, so >> I >> thought I'd share a couple of Rexx snippets: one for calculating the >> date >> and time a billion seconds ago, and another for calculating a >> billion >> seconds from the start of a given day. >> >> These require 'modern' date() and time() functions. >> >> mfc >> >> - - - - - >> >> /* billion-ago -- display the date and time a billion seconds ago. >> */ >> /* (Excluding leap-seconds.) mfc >> */ >> >> numeric digits 16 >> secsperday=24*60*60 >> >> parse value date('b') time('s') with days secs >> total=days*secsperday+secs >> >> then=total-1E+9 >> thendays=then%secsperday >> thensecs=then//secsperday >> >> date=date('n', thendays, 'b') >> time=time('n', thensecs, 's') >> >> say 'A billion seconds ago was:' date time >> >> - - - - - >> >> /* billion-from -- calculate a billion seconds from a date. = >> */ >> /* (Excluding leap-seconds.) mfc >> */ >> >> say 'Enter start date (yyyymmdd):' >> pull start >> >> base=date('b', start, 's') >> plus=base+11574 >> new=date('n', plus, 'b') >> >> say 'A billion seconds from' start 'is:' new '(+ 1:46:40)'
